Clock-mount.



H. J. KEATING. CLOCK MOUNT. APPLIUATION FILED MAR, za, 190s.

PatentedJan.' 12, 1909.

UNITED STATES` HARRY J. KEATING, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CLOCK-MOUNT.

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 23, 1908.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Serial No. 422,656.

To alt 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY J. KEATING, a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clock- Mounts, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to clock-mounts, and more particularly to the mounting of the clock in a plate.

In the use of clocks, it is sometimes desired to mount it in a porcelain or like plate so that the clock will resemble the plate in general appearance and may be used for decorative as well as useful purposes.

The invention designs to provide an improved manner of mounting a clock in a plate and particularlv to provide a construction which permits the clock to be mounted in an opening formed in the plate without the necessitv of providing any securingmeans on the mounting-plate itself, and without defacing the plate in any way.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a face view of a clock embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a section, the clock-case being shown in elevation. Fig. 3 is a section, the clock-mechanism being shown in elevation.

A porcelain plate 9 is provided with an opening 10 centrally disposed therein and extending therethrough. At the back of this opening an annulus or rib 11 is formed integrally with the plate. Said opening is of the proper size and shape to receive the body 12 of the clock-case so that it will be snugly held in the plate and the rib provides an eX- tended bearing to better hold and position the case in the plate. The body 12 of the case is usually cylindrical and is provided with a flange 13 at its front, which is adapted to t against the face of the plate and to provide a proper connection between the case body and the plate, which will conceal any defective joint between the case and the plate. In the manufacture of earthenware orporcelain plates, the holes are usually somewhat irregular. The case comprises a back-wall. 14 which is usually formed integrally with the body 12. To the back of the back wall of the body is secured a plate 15 having an outwardly projecting rim 16. The clock is necessarily of greater thickness than the plate and to secure the clock in proper position in the plate a band or filling 17 is eX- tended around the projecting portion of the body of the case, between the flange or rim 16 of the back-plate and the rib 10 on the plate. Thus, the clock is firmly held against displacement in the plate by the band 17. This band is usually constructed of a strip of card-board wrapped around the body of the clock and secured against unwinding by an adhesive strip of tape, 18, which is wrapped around the cardboard.

The back-plate 15 of the clock-case is removably secured to the back of the body. 1When this back-plate is detached from the body of the clock, the case can be inserted thrdugh the opening from the front of the plate and pushed backwardly until the flange 13 rests snugly against the plate. The backplate is then connected to the back of the body and the band 17 is placed around the rear projecting-portion of the body of the case and between the plate rim 16 and the rib 10 on the plate. The band then holds the clock-case against longitudinal movement in the plate 9.

The front of the case is closed by a crystal 19 held in a ring 20 which is frictionally held in the front of the body 12. The clockmechanism is mounted in a frame 21 and bolts 22 secured in the frame are provided with rearwardly extending screw-threaded terminals 23 adapted to pass through perforations in the back-wall 14 of the body and the back-plate 15, respectively and nuts 24 are adapted to removably secure the back-plate to the body. When it is desired to remove the clock for repairs or cleaning, bolts 24 may be removed from the ends of bolts 23 so that the back plate 15 can be removed. The clock in its entirety is then free to be withdrawn through the front of the plate.

The invention provides an advantageous manner of removably securing a clock in a plate without attaching any fastening device tothe plate. By employment of the clock-case with its front flange and its projecting rim and fastening-means extending between the plate and the projecting rim, the clock will be secured to the plate in such manner that the clock may be removed when desired, and by simple means the use of special fastening-means, either on the clock or the plate, 1s avoided, and furthermore, all liability of breakage is avoided by the employment of the band. So also when the usual cylindrical clock-case is employed, which is frictionally held in the plate, the

clock may be turned in the plate to bring the clocksface into desired relation with the design on the plate.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. The combination of a plate having an opening extending therethrough, a clockcase in said opening and having projectingmeans at the back of the case, and means Vex-tenc'ling between said means and the plate for holding the clock in the plate.

2. The combination of a plate having an 4opening extending therethrough and a rib at the back of the plate and around said opening, -a clock case extending through said opening and having means at its `back projecting therefrom and means extending between said rib and said projecting-means for holding the clock lin the plate.

3. The combination `of a plate having an open-ingI extending therethrough and a rib at the back of the plate and around said opening, a clock case extending through said opening and having means projecting from its front and around the opening in the plate, and having means at its back projecting therefrom and means extending between said rib and said projecting-means for holding the clock in the plate.

4. The combination of a plate having an opening extending therethrough, a clockcase in said opening and having a projecting iange fitting against the front of the plate, a removable back-plate secured to the back of said body and having a projecting rim, and a band extending around the pro- Vjecting portion of said body and between the rim of the back-plate and the back of .the plate.

HARRY J. KEATING.

Witnesses:

FRANK BEMM, LEONE S. RUSSELL. 

